Composting and recycling at school isn't just about eco-friendly waste diversion. It also provides students with a powerful lesson in sound environmental practice that they'll carry with them for the rest of their lives. The message is simple: what comes from the earth can be returned to enrich it, so it can provide for us again and again. How to get started? Today's guests, from San Francisco, CA and Northampton, MA, will tell you how: Start small. Champion your early adopters. Develop educational and marketing tools to enlist the support of the entire school community. Or use materials from other districts--there's lots out there already! Thanks to today's sponsor, Cain Vineyard & Winery.

"A big part of San Francisco's 'Zero Waste' initiative hopes to be achieved through education... we have a 63% landfill diversion rate in San Francisco schools." [6:00]

"We prefer starting with the kids and hope the adults catch on... We understand the power that kids have." [14:20]

-- Tamar Hurwitz on Inside School Food

"We did underestimate how difficult it would be to get all of the students to sort their food waste properly; it was difficult to get everyone on board." [27:30]

Learn about the future of composting on the 2015 season debut of What Doesn't Kill You! Katy Keiffer is joined by the team behind FOR Solutions, the "sustainable answer to the food scraps management issue." Their patented solution creates nutrient-dense compost in just 5 days. The mission of FOR Solutions is to change the way people perceive food scraps from thinking of them as waste to thinking of them as a renewable, recoverable natural resource that has the power to revitalize Earth’s soil. Food scraps management is truly the epitome of the sustainability movement. Katy chats with Founder & Executive Chairman, Nicholas Smith-Sebasto, Ph.D. and Chief Executive Officer, Edward Friedman who help listeners understand the technology behind FOR Solutions and some of the problems we face when it comes to composting in this country. This program was brought to you by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

"Our digestion vessel just mimics the human stomach. We can digest anything that humans can digest." [07:00]

"We need to stop thinking of discarded food as waste. If we think of it as waste - we will treat it like waste." [26:00]

--Nicholas Smith-Sebasto on What Doesn't Kill You

"The first time I saw this system it was mind blowing and game changing. I thought if we could bring this system to places with large amounts of discarded food - the effect would be tremendous." [11:00]

Composting and recycling at school isn't just about eco-friendly waste diversion. It also provides students with a powerful lesson in sound environmental practice that they'll carry with them for the rest of their lives. The message is simple: what comes from the earth can be returned to enrich it, so it can provide for us again and again. How to get started? Today's guests, from San Francisco, CA and Northampton, MA, will tell you how: Start small. Champion your early adopters. Develop educational and marketing tools to enlist the support of the entire school community. Or use materials from other districts--there's lots out there already! Thanks to today's sponsor, Cain Vineyard & Winery.

"A big part of San Francisco's 'Zero Waste' initiative hopes to be achieved through education... we have a 63% landfill diversion rate in San Francisco schools." [6:00]

"We prefer starting with the kids and hope the adults catch on... We understand the power that kids have." [14:20]

-- Tamar Hurwitz on Inside School Food

"We did underestimate how difficult it would be to get all of the students to sort their food waste properly; it was difficult to get everyone on board." [27:30]